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Infrastructure Update

A quick look at just three of the public works projects planned for and underway in SW Portland

Here's an update on the status of a few neighborhood road improvement plans brought to you by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT).

WHAT - SW Vermont Street Paving and Curb Work

WHERE - SW Vermont St. from SW 30th to SW 65th

WHEN - Work began back in July and is scheduled to be completed

by the end of November.

WHO'S AFFECTED? - Anyone who lives or travels near SW Vermont St from Hoot Owl Market to just south of Alpenrose. PBOT estimates there are 8,000 vehicle trips a day on that stretch of SW Vermont including those by Tri Met LInes 1, 45 and 64. Walkers and runners will have sidewalks available along Vermont when completed.

NOTE - This is the Big One for next year in terms of infrastructure work in SW Portland. Capitol Highway along this stretch south of Multnomah Village will be transformed. There will be bike lanes and sidewalks when the project is completed in November 2020 (est.).

south of Barbur Boulevard. PBOT says l8,000 average vehicles per day (both directions) drive that stretch. People who drive and walk and ride to and from the Highway from the local neighborhods.

WHAT'S THAT COST - $275,000 (est.)

NOTE - That stretch of Capitol Highway is considered a High Crash Corridor. The planned work will result in a lower speed limit (35 to 30 mph), three lanes instead of four lanes, better bike lanes and two new pedestrian crossings. So the effects will be long term.

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